For a vacation that your entire family will enjoy and cherish the memories forever plan to visit the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. All are beautiful states with scenery that runs the gamut from moon scapes in parts of Wyoming to mountains, geysers, beautiful rivers, and lakes. The animals are also amazing. In Yellowstone National Park our first National Park you will see Elk, Buffalo, Pronhorn antelope, Wolves, Coyotes and even the occaisional Grizzly Bear. The Grand Tetons are breathtaking mountains that everyone enjoys gawking at. In Montana you’ll find Glacier National Park. The scenery here is outstanding. There are glaciers, mountain lakes with water so beautiful and cold it will take your breath away. Idaho is the same. Great views, lots of wild animals and plenty of activities for all ages. Jackson  is a great destination with lots of hotels, motels, restaurants, western art galleries, and shopping galore. Visit the west this year for a memory making vacation.

The unthinkable has happened again. Eleven men are lost in the Gulf of Mexico and presumed dead. That is a terrible loss of life. My prayers go out to the families of the ones lost. The explosion and subsequent oil spill is an environmental disaster. It invoves at least four states. Obama, Crist, Nelson and all the other know nothing politicians who falsely tell us there is no danger of an environmental catastrophe should be forced to help clean the birds and animals that will be affected by this ongoing spill. Maybe if they saw first hand the damage caused they would come to their senses about drilling in such a fragile enviroment. According to USF scientists there is a good chance the beaches of Florida will be polluted by this spill. Now some are advocating setting the spill on fire and burning the oil. More pollution to fill the skies. We need to stop this rape of our planet. We need to spend whatever it takes to switch to wind and solar power. We need to do it now before we kill Mother Earth. We need to vote in the coming elections and we need to defeat the incumbents and replace them with people with common sense.

Once again Arizona is in the news. The state is being chastised by liberal politicians. The late night comedians are making jokes about the new law. The president of Mexico is condemning the state instead of doing something about the poverty that its citizens are forced to live in. Why don’t the Washington D.C. liberals leave the state alone. The citizens of Arizona are the ones who have to live with the influx of illegal aliens taxing all the resources of the state. Why we bother to listen to threats from Mexico about strained relations is beyond belief. The fools we’ve sent to Washington are more attuned to the complaints of foreigners than of their own citizens. As each day passes it becomes more evident that we need to replace every one we possibly can in the coming election. Then the one after that and so on. One term is damn plenty. Don’t give them a lifetime job to continually screw up our country. Now leave Arizona alone, they deserve better than liberal politicians from somewhere else telling them what to do in their own state.

President Obama is not content with ruining the United States with his wrong headed ideas. Now he wants to tell the states that their legislation is misguided. Arizona has the largest illegal immigrant and drug traffic problem in the U.S.. The governor signed legislation that would help slow the flow of illegal immigrants into the state and the president in his all knowing wisdom termed the law “misguided”. The Arizona legislature debated and passed this bill before the governor signed it into law. Does that mean the Arizona legislature is misguided and doesn’t understand the problem they’ve been fighting for years.It seems the president doesn’t trust the judgement of anyone who is not in his little circle in Washington D.C..There is an oil well off the coast of Louisiana where eleven hard working Americans lost their lives when it exploded. The well is pumping untold gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico only a few hundred miles from the coast of Florida. Obama continues to tell the citizens of Florida we need to drill off the coast of Florida. To hell with the environmental damage. To hell with commercial fishing. To hell with sport fishing. To hell with tourism. He needs to keep his nose out of our states’ business and work on stopping the corruption and problems in Washington D.C. There’s bound to be some more companies too large to fail that he can funnel taxpayer money to.

The new novel Stick by Mike Howard has been available for a short time and the readers have responded well. Their comments have been very positive so far. They have ranged from You’ve captured the flavor of old Florida to it should be a movie. Comments such as great reading, it’s a page turner, I couldn’t put it down, and exciting with a high body count are common comments. Stick is an adventure story with locales in Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. There are chases, beautiful women,fast boats, luxurious yachts, what more could you want in a story.

Once again the Washington D.C. politicians have been caught in another lie. Just last week they told the public that drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was safe and non polluting. Eleven men are missing in the waters approxiamtely sixty miles off the coast of Louisiana after a terrible explosion rocked the oil platform they were working on. Oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. How much environmental damage will be done is still to be determined. It will be substantial. Fish, coral, sea birds, and other creatures that make their home in the waters of the Gulf will all suffer. Unfortunately this is a terrible way to prove that we don’t need to be drilling for oil off the coast of Florida. All the toourists that visit Florida will say no thanks we don’t want to swim in something that is toxic and slimy and kills all manner of birds and fish.Do we want this in Florida? We need to tell the politicians to stop this lunacy before they destroy the planet we call earth.

Make your plans now to visit the Florida space coast. The United States government in its wisdom is shutting down the shuttle program. There are only three scheduled flights left for the shuttle program. Do yourself a favor and spend some time in Cocoa and Cocoa Beach and take in one of the shuttle lauches. To say the sight of a shuttle blasting into space is awe inspiring is a huge understatement.
The space coast offers plenty to see and do. There are museums with interactive displays that will thrill all ages. You can trace the history of the American space program and bring back memories of past triumphs and unfortunately some heartbreaking failures.

A visit to the space coast also offers beautiful beaches, swimming, diving, and lots of Florida sunshine. Melborne, Cocoa, and Cocoa Beach will bring smiles to your familys’ faces and long lasting memories.

Can you believe that Dollywood is now twenty five years old. The amusement park built by Dolly Parton in her hometown of Seveirville Tn is celebrating twenty five years of entertaining guests of all ages. There are thrill rides, stage shows, craftsmen, and other shows that guarantee a full day of entertainment. Dollywood is close to Knoxville, Seveirville, Gatlinburburg, Townsend, and Pigeon Forge Tn. . The Great Smoky Mountains and the park of the same name are a stones’ throw away. You’ll find lots of restaurants, entertainment and hotels for the whole family. The weather is getting downright beautiful and spring has sprung in the mountains.

Can you believe the latest out of Washington D.C. ? The Washington politicians are going to pay Russia to take American astronauts into space. They waste our money baliling out failed banks and car companies but can’t find the money to fund the United States space program. The clowns in Washington become more laughable every day. They waste money on ridiculous projects like bridges to nowhere and such but something that actually advances the United States and adds to the technology that can be marketed to other countries gets the ax. The citizens of  Florida need to make their voices heard by campaigning against the fools that’ve been elected. Starting at the top we need a new administration. Florida has an unemployment rate approaching fifteen percent, yet we’re going to ship high paying jobs to Russia. Russia is another country that doesn’t hide the fact they hate Americans. It doesn’t make sense to send them more of Americans’ hard earned income.

The new novel by Mike Howard titled Stick is now available. Please order your copy now. To see details please go to Howco Publishing.com. Stick is an action adventure novel using todays headlines of drug dealing, murder and kidnapping.